Lowndes parents “camp out” for free Pre K slots. This is unfair and may be illegal

The practice of camping out either overnight or for days is unfair to parents who 1) cannot take off work 2) are single parents 3) do not have the resources to participate in the county club “camp out”.
This is from the VDT from April 18, 2008
VALDOSTA — The Lowndes High School campus was a camping [...]

The old Parker Mathis is now the new Alternative School

From the VDT. Something about them taking the school name with them and digging up the time capsule is troubling. I could see that if the school was being torn down, but they are going to house students there. So now the students that are sentenced to go there will be going to a school [...]

How “No Child Left Behind” will affect our middle schools

Our local middle schools will continue to be affected by this. The new test data comes out soon.

Georgia’s harder math tests could backfire

By LAURA DIAMOND
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/26/08
Georgia’s harder middle school math tests — created to match the state’s tougher new math curriculum — will probably have the unintended consequence of leaving some middle [...]

Georgia’s High School Graduation Test revels increasing disparities based on race

The results for districts will be reported May 9th and then school level data on May 23rd. From the AJC.

Georgia High School Graduation Test
Test results widen between white, minority students
93 percent whites, 76 percent blacks passed
By LAURA DIAMOND
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/25/08
Most Georgia students passed the state’s high school graduation exam, but results released [...]